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Optimum Tariffs and Retaliation: How Country Numbers Matter
(Vanderbilt University, 2008)
This paper presents a North-South model of international trade in which (i) there is a relatively small number of countries in the North and (ii) the North is relatively abundant in capital while the South is relatively ...
Competition over Standards and Taxes
(Vanderbilt University, 2008)
We show that, in competition between a developed country and a developing country over standards and taxes, the developing country may have a 'second mover advantage.' A key feature of standards is that, unlike public goods ...
Developing Country Second-Mover Advantage in Competition over Environmental Standards and Taxes
(Vanderbilt University, 2011)
We show that, in competition between a developed country and a developing country over environmental standards and taxes, the developing country may have a `second-mover advantage.' In our model, firms do not unanimously ...
Developing Country Second-Mover Advantage in Competition Over Standards and Taxes
(Vanderbilt University, 2009)
We show that, in competition between a developed country and a developing country over environmental standards and taxes, the developing country may have a 'second-mover advantage.' In our model, firms do not unanimously ...
Social Conflict and the Stolper-Samuelson Theorem
(Vanderbilt University, 2011)
This paper presents a new theory of trade policy-making based on the possibility of social conflict, and determines the conditions under which it will apply. In a setting where property rights are poorly enforced, the paper ...